Meatloaf is on the show Ghosthunters. Best day of my life.

Highlight of the day: Lucy realizing she can climb onto the fridge and then jump on top of the cabinets where she proceeds to lie in the most awkward positions. It's her new favorite counter.

Sunday funday. Not really though.

Como estas bitches?

I am at work and oh-so bored. I'm only 3 hours into my shift too. Thankfully I brought my laptop and some DVD's for some major time-killage later. I'd actually REALLY like to go to Subway down the road and get a five dollar (five dollar) footlonngg. But I have this extreme paranoia that the minute I leave the desk unattended all 9 remaining check-ins will show up. Gah!

In more interesting news, there is a man staying in 109 that I originally thought was pretty cute and kind of interesting because he was hermit-like and super quiet. Well, I've talked to this guy quite a bit since then (2 weekends at work) and have now determined he is 50% batshit crazy and 50% Jesus-freak (the two definitely overlap though). He is an emotional basketcase that loves The Hills, golf, and getting DUI's (back when he used to drink and fight people...and drive cars) - but loves Jesus even more. He's also exceptionally nice and brought me a delicious mango smoothie from Panera. Oh, he also brought me a flower....that he picked from outside the hotel....and was placed in a book about Jesus as a bookmark. Half the time he's hitting on me...the other half he's trying to convert me to his crazy-Jesus-lovin' lifestyle. (Ex: "You're just too pretty to not go to heaven.") I can't make this shit up people. This guy is fucking weird.

Otherwise it has been a pretty mellow weekend. No one's been at the house...which is sort of lonely, but it also means I can pee with the bathroom door open and walk around in my underwear! I'm definitely excited for Tricia and Fara to get back tonight though!!! (T - I just got The Duchess in on netflix!)

In general though, I miss everyone in our house and how we all used to live there at the same time. We've all got busy, different lives going on and it's hard for us to all be at home - but I think sometime soon we should do a roommate-gathering or have another big bash a la Farita's bday. What do ya'll think? Ooo..we should almost make a facebook group too so we can coordinate schedules efficiently.

So I hope everyone's week goes AWESOME and they pretty have the best days ever all the time. You are all amazing, lovely roommates and friends, and just people in general. Love you guys (Miss you too)!

P.S. - My ma says I can have people up to the cottage in August as long as it's not the first week of August. Thoughts?

This is my title.

Hello ladies!

I hope we don't forget to use this. I really love reading about everyone's day. Especially when it's Justine's day because it makes my own day seem so much more worthwhile (j-k, j-t). 

So today Chelsea and I woke up to my 2 year old nephew playing the drums (which are all the way in the basement and we're upstairs). Prior to this he was running up and down the hallway downstairs yelling, "hello charrrlllles." Oh, speaking of Charles, my sister-in-law had le bebe yesterday (on my birthday)! His name is Charles (charlie for short [!!]), so he was practicing saying hello for when he met him. He sounded a bit british because his two-year-old pronunciation hasn't quite perfected the "r" sound. what came out was really "chahles." quite hoity toity. it was cute. and now i have a cluster fuck of nephews and nieces (total=3). 

Today Chelsea and I visited le bebe Chahles and then went shopping. It was bitchen. Her parents came tonight and are actually sleeping in their camper on our driveway. We had a quaint little dinner with my parents, and it went swimmingly. she leaves with them tomorrow. She was just telling me she forgot to write a note thanking all of you guys for letting her stay. She had fun. I think. 

So as you all know I'm taking macroecon at MATC. I really enjoy it actually. I just wanted to mention that my teacher wears red suspenders almost everyday. I hope I can come to a point in my life where if i like something bizarre then I won't give a flying hoot what other people think about it. But then I'm like, "wait, I don't want to become psycho and wear red suspenders." Okay, double take-what's a 'flying hoot' anyway? And when did I turn 98?

 

I may go to Florida in august. Not sure, but I think disney world will be involved. I'm excited. 

I love you guys a lot and am so blessed to have met you. I can't say it enough! I loved every birthday gift you guys got me so much. They were all so thoughtful and still make me smile. My birthday party was tremendous!! I propose we get the margarita jug more often. 

Oh, I looked up silverfish because I was telling Chelsea my basement horror stories, and I don't think that's what we have. Check it out if you dare---- http://images.google.com/images?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=house+centipede&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=Z5E4Sv2oN4GGtge1pJTeDA&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&resnum=4&ct=title 

oh fuck me, that gave me the creeps. If anyone needs a laugh, see the following- 

Tuesday.

I'm at work and a) bored, b) sad, and c) hungry. Woe is me, right?
-Sidenote for Christina: It looks like they hired someone here already, but it wouldn't hurt to turn in your application if you still want to.

I got to work today and the first thing my manager said was regarding my asking off of work for the end of the week due to the services. I immediately starting to tear up and he apologized for bringing it up. It's funny how you wake up and start to think, "Well hey, I feel a little better today than I did yesterday." Then you start to go about your day and the tiniest thing or reminder brings you straight back down again.

My thoughts always run back to Tricia; how's she doing, if she's okay, if she can sleep, if she's eating. I think we all just want to give her our strength...or absorb her pain through some sort of emotional osmosis. We miss you, T. We all love you so very much. We think about you all the time and are here - completely and constantly. Anything you need, anything we can do. Whenever the time is right - please let us know.

I don't know what else to write, but I don't want to end this on a sad note. Today at work I also noticed how sometimes the genuine kindness you can get from a simple conversation with someone else will remind you of the good in the world. I talked to a guest today who sat in the lobby for a bit waiting for his ride to VA hospital. I made some comment about how pretty it was outside, and he said - "It is beautiful. My medication won't let me go in the the sun though - so I try to enjoy it from the window." He also talked about how he had just gotten over a bout of pneumonia and was feeling pretty weak. I told him I was sorry he was feeling so crummy and hoped he would feel a little better tomorrow. He told me that it was okay to be sick sometimes, and it was okay to feel down. He said his "life was good, even though it don't feel like it every day." He said that bad days make the good days feel better.

So this is more than a bad day. But even though it doesn't feel like it, life is good. And we're all lucky. Love you all.

An eventful start to the summer...

So...everyone is gone and I've been alone all day and I'm bored. So I figured I'd tell you all about my day today.

I made chocolate chip banana bread. It tastes excellent, but I burned myself on the oven while making it. Now I have a stupid red mark on my hand. I don't think I was meant to be a cook.

I washed my sheets and comforters and pillow cases, and then re-made my bed.

I ate Cinnamon Toast Crunch for lunch.

I went to Goodwill with my Mom during the afternoon and I got a spoon-rest for our side of the house. There were actually 2 spoon-rests to choose from. I wanted to get the one that was in the shape of a crescent moon and had an old hag lady flying on a broom on it, but my Mom made me get the normal one.

I got a couple other things at Goodwill, including (but not limited to) 2 organizer shelves that I put in our mixing bowl cupboard to make it more organized, an earring/necklace holder that I may or may not end up using (I haven't decided yet), and a giant pillow to put on my bed (it's purple, but I figured purple matched green well enough).

I made corn chowder for dinner.

I also watched 2 and 1/2 movies today as I was cleaning/baking/organizing the kitchen. "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" was on TV so I watched that, I watched half of "The Princess Bride" when Andy got home from work (which was also on TV) and I will bet you all $10 that you can guess the other movie I watched.

And that was pretty much my whole day.

This is why I don't blog.

Hi Roomies!

Hey guys-
So I know you all think blogs are lame, but I thought we could try it out. Pretty much we're about the only people that will look at this but at least we can all be separate authors.

Okay so here are some South Side updates :
-We now have a chest freezer, so there is finally room in our upstairs freezer. However, we now have no room in our fridge.
-Lucy is a terrible ant hunter.
-She also greatly dislikes the stupid harness that Justine bought her. If you have yet to see her movie of the incident, I suggest you check it out.

Love you guys!